The group has provided the highest quality nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic services and Bone Mineral Densitometry continuously since 1985. SNIG Practices regularly upgrade equipment and facilities to guarantee “State of the Art” nuclear medicine practise. The Principals and staff look forward to continuing to provide the highest standard of individualised personal care to your patients into the future.

Our Mission

The Southern Nuclear Imaging Group is committed to being the foremost provider of diagnostic imaging services, where the highest quality of service is supported by leading edge technology, education and teamwork. Our qualified professional practitioners also contribute to the wider community by insisting on best practice and commitment to same day service.

Our mission is to ensure the needs and expectations of our patients are met and to provide referring practitioners with information leading to the best possible patient outcomes.

Our Vision

By providing our referrers with the best quality diagnostic and prognostic information, we will contribute to the health care of the communities we serve.

We will deliver uncompromising quality patient care, accurate interpretation and reporting and ensure that the distribution of reports is not only timely but takes advantage of contemporary technology.

We will achieve this by maintaining state of the art equipment, continuing professional development of all staff and early adoption of new technologies, processes and procedures.

We will help medical practitioners in the community we serve through education and quality service provision.

Our Values

Our mission and vision are expressed in our human nature as our values:

We will respect the needs and value the dignity of every individual, including our patients, employees, physicians, and our partners.

We will promote the health and total well-being of all people by providing access to Nuclear Medicine services.

We will combine clinical expertise with human compassion.

We will create customer value through a commitment to deliver clinical quality, customer service, and cost efficiency in the Nuclear Medicine service we offer.

We will demonstrate integrity and stewardship to earn the trust and support of our referrers and our patients within the communities we serve.

Company Profile

The Southern Nuclear Imaging Group (SNI) consists of five private Nuclear Medicine practices. The individual practices at Bankstown, Wollongong, Nowra, Ulladulla and Bateman's Bay are dedicated to providing the full range of nuclear medicine procedures.

SNIG's physicians have had extensive experience in the field of Nuclear Medicine. Dr Norman Lyons founded the first practice in 1987. Drs Phillip Monaghan and Robert Dickinson have also had extensive experience in the public sector and have both been principals of SNIG for almost 20 years. In 2009 Dr Bill Mouratidis (two days a week) and Dr George Larcos joined us. Bill has added experience in Ultrasound and has trained at The Hospital For Children in Canada. George is a past Director of Nuclear Medicine at Westmead Hospital, President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Physicians in Nuclear Medicine (AANMS) and Editor of the Australian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. As well as working with SNIG he is also a NM Physician at Westmead Public Hospital and an Associate Professor at Sydney University.